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THE L I B E R A T O B
EVERT FRIDAY MORKISQ,
WH. ILOYO GARRISON,
0i» «mitttni iu tt« MtrM, our enratrgmtn »« »U SftwM**.
J. B. YERRIKTOH k SOU, Printers.
VOL. XXXII. jSTO. 51.
BOSTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1863.
WHOLE 3STO. 1663.
class of citizens. They might to know something
inlinitely belt, r fitted to (he woi k lliau the men who
why they a
vision of the American churches. It was brought,
ing ,„; suhjectiii!! the Cbur, h to tlie purposes of ihe
tween North'and S mil: in I heir al tempt to use the
THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN EXAMINED.
si,l,|,ici,!of!,oth llon-es. rconmicudimr toSiie'sr
al States an amendment of the Constitution
e United Slates.
For what purpose? Is it to authorize and el
power the Federal Government to abolish slavei
- or all of the Slates, in manner and form pr
'/ No. By a careful examination, it will 1
ed that the proposed new articles of ll
United States to any she
nd also,'that Cong
• They
'should a!w.
earthly polities. Thev soiled the garments ol' their
aigh calling, defaced the image ,,! their Leader and
.They made the
iclunc
tie corner of the universe—the Chi
made to lie one !,„,Iy, including the prophets, apostles and martyrs „,- (l!l limes, all ages, all countries;
fl,r aught, we know, ail planets, all stars !
.,0,1 use their character lis (..id's messenger- for the
we claim the right lo be be,:nrs ol' a message which
down llm acres from the peaceful hills of Galilee. It
is the message of the Gospel of Feace. It is the
liver to vou. it. was summed up in the blessing 1
nfomtseo ..,:.■
promised thron-h Him bv the an-els at Petlilehe
It is tbe blessing which this sad old world will re:
„ only mi. th mm i I ( lit i t jo toith tun
pie, holy, p'eacc-'dviim-" doctrines of llie religion of
the Child of Bethlehem.
ll is no part of Ihe Christian
1
; ashamed ol
,ecimei. of Democratic blackguardism, No. 2.
A PROCLAMATION.
as, the. undersigned. A-brnv-liam Lincoln,
s,,,-,, President of a lew of the United
aving observed that the peopU
emselve.s ilnt.tcrnuts, pre
e African, he therefore I
r tbe Cor
religion „f Christ I" tiie purposes of poor human
pas-ions, and Ihe upholding or ihe overthrow of poor
human institutions. "lie ve wise as serpents, am!
harmless as doves, but beware of ,on,." '['hey will
, the,
mid 1
which i
e bring
tia.rv as much as I thought they would bo before t
election, in consequence of Butternuts.
I would also state that the Black Republic,
amusement of putting Demoerals into prison do:
of sixteen pounds of straw for each entertain me:
them with treasury notes—but it's too late to do tl
now, in consequence of Butternuts. That porti
of our festivities are, therefore, hereby declared
In conclusion, permit me to remark that Butt
nnU are very particular. Thev think the Con-ti
j punkins." They think thi
body ought to have
oily;
irty who a
,K Mr,
pie'',.,
.■ I ho,
mm tiie mitten.) What s the umbra.
Nobody ain't hurt. Haven't we given every om
oar prisoners sixteen pounds of straw? Certai
-we have 1 And ain't we giving all ot them " hoi
expect to get ourselves ? (
inly wo
,. don't
1 know
1 low-citizens, I am an ol(
; I am the author of the
There's no u
,|,,,,„ily
id corn-option was liom in the brain of vour Chi,
Magistrate. I flatter myself that I have elevate
mil dignified American character, and shed consn
•rable lustre upon free institutions, hut my grea
leouliar, and truly wonderful forte is telling ane,
.ml apmopni
'v'o^E,
wling C.o.un-
pol-lioiiM. politician, ,.r the
- «, ihey will
Master will disown vou forever.
This Union may lie saved.. Cod willing, the men
of privy conspiracy, in spile of church division, in
,■','■■■■ ged between North ami Sctllrhy pub'.iem
1 un means, in [la- 1 N of Cod. and uol by ihe
■■ foolishness of preaching." Remember then your
ample. Co to the sinner with your message of (mill,
go lo the sick with (he consolations of ihe pronii-es.
,;,, to tl,,- dvini.- with lie- words ilia! speak oi heaven
but be.wai-e'thal.ascleriiMueu and servauts of Christ
lel.l.e.il
/', Ibe l.b.
;„",",,
reil'eeni',.', .ml nf nil ..!».' 1
, le-. lie.
Klliei
s.- sVelll l'„s/e.feel us//e/',1V
THE EADIOALISM OP THIS TRIAL HOUR.
The Abolition ministers can declaim in their pul
ls a question of n
-f 11111 i a n s
State that shall abolish sk
:oJanuar
!""-
, thei
nsent : also confirming the liberty of all wl
d imtipcnsaliug loyal slave masters lor the loss
There is uoihimj, in all this, that makes it olili
:-v on anv State to abolish slavery at all. at i
lie, either before or after the first of January. 1 il
ail itself of the offe;
ilave State, flu
ibolisl, sb '
1 the
,e„,l,„
ould not bind citbe
for the
us that
tlie terms of the pro
The only provision
i the slave Stales
ie United States had actually ransomed then
le that the S I 11
.-enslaving them, or introducing other slaves, t
ileratina their enslavement, shall refund back tli
limey to the United States. It provides for the s.
ur, the United State,
aim'the United State:
.tion to the. I'resideii
.■ Ricketts (oi
.g how particular her
I tlu,- I'.:-.,
f hot eofl'ee. jest hecause he. happened to see ;
little bcil-bim in it 1 " ICrastus was about a:
iuk.r will, relereuce lo bed-bugs as the Butter
—BtUefonlatM Gazette.
■oun'd as
.t the;
to the Constitution.
:ti:! idle to fall back up
of the Federal Con,
Wo ::
I, hell, and that we ought to Cease to go by il
,.■( the pen','., mark [ke men
tistitution. Disregard of law has been the 1
mi- country. At the South, lis fruit has been
III llion wa Dtiraed
red cause of country, and command ihe
badowof anv thing of the kind.
And how farcical, by tbe side of
If the President bad proposed
H-u'be'o'nuld In
God" for the act, the ia'ngui
-onlided in bv the Free States, would allay ami
daverv agitation, by illusive dreams of coming do
iverauec, through the action of the slaveholder,
themselves. And it would fie up their hands, am
:.he hands of tbe Federal Government, from any fu
%r™,wr™,»i'™rh,-,i',.ii
the reitrn ol the Fugitive S.ave Law, tbe abnegatiot
\VwYork'' ol"
■bide slavery:
■i'ary. llie abrogation, by t
■ ,-i:dii ol 'the free Smtes
e halls of the Nation ; and ,„■ provision fur, ,
lia.'pre-d^.ow Dmuoinaee. wh),"e life' L" bound .
with Ihe life of slavery—the Seymour-arid-Wood
wilh'-'ne'lbun'mid l-'lve'P.'"nt< power'To ron'tro! H
■ .. , . I- i ,i -,' M I.-. ■■:: ! v.!
them il„. N.Kiom ll" the Republican party wish
to si-ii its own death-warrant, to fasten the halt
«m neck, and kno.
it has given it a fa
'Plan" would do
"7-
Hon; would it work f The President goes into I
elaborate argument, to show llie advantages, to tl
nation, of thirty-seven years' delay of emaucipatin
-eiierade.;.,',,!' , 1„ ■ ,, ill in ■■ I , lilen. w I ,<> arc to be
' Hal nine, tor :l,e listening ,.: ;''''! ' ."■ " ". '" -"'.nil pal .-. al
COLORED SOLDIERS AND CONTRABANDS.
the steamers Darlington and Hen
■ with two companies of South
rs to forage along the coast.. They
d. with so much excellent pine
laws. &c, that. it. astonished omen out of all mathematical ealcu-
■■ ' Xever mind.'''Vim' colored
of Cem Hunter's appointment.
■ ■ i "■. ' ', ," ' A -, ■'■
:r in anv oilier country than this,
,ut himself at the
number.,,fill,- ..iavcholdeii-and tli.'' political slreugl h
ighl ihe slaveholders, now, that I
j 1 i \ 1 I | I 1 ive Stat
.':',„.1 '\h,-"lal.ter held in
ll,e Union by mi'.ilmy Ibr-v. tind 1 he Inline.-, at h-i.sl
ABOLITIONISM BECOMING RESPECTABLE.
Ti,"}
ied by s
■cable
"■■-';■'
IdVapplause, ao
lonf did
.■camin
Just
otkei- plan
Mid w,
worked, that ignores Co.
' Revelation, the Law
on principles of ctert
nexorable. Right,
Hint: would it. work
general, and of o
by ? How have i
a,-know
of slavery, its com
and (hi
Denial,
ion of luilejiemlcnc.
If he ir
necessarily imply no
n the native Africa
shore, then he is m
■ uihy of underratm
itVlu^'ind'X!
wiili ll
cultivated races of Furope and A.neric;
If he believes thai idavcrv
nuiral li
rees of tbe nation, an
he 1,,-li,
ompted the preset
(he e,„
federaey."—as Dr. B
How, styl s it -a,
!,'■'"-■ ne
ill the tribes of sha
ts and rebel svmpat
him as an aboliiionis
; and this word hi
really 1
come the mad-dog C
v by which attenip
tionist of the newlv-d
Then we Inn
.' P.'Jlk. an
a,l the Treasur
all olhc-s
or ihe Governo
ship of Kansas; lie. t
scores an/ hundreds '
f those wl
should find thi
honored men of a bet
day, are now the mo
: zealous
cfbnders of do
■ right in saving Unit abolitionism is'fasl.be-
eoiniii" respectable',' And docs il no! bid fair, at
no distant day, fo become nopular also V The trull,
'■ bone and sinew, head and heart of tbe old
. They
idlF'Thov
Thev ba?o allied them!
undated, They stand on doctrines
.'ver'v'because
ua.-v. Iim I
Thidr vie*]
. :;'id,i well
liked
il them, and men and h
Iligginson staved not one day in the city. Hi
landed in the morning, and at e"ve was with bis rcgi
III ...,iu •... . i'.in I ,.':.i; n..; I.! I
eiti.cn. and soldiers, euteriim' int,. t he lestivitie. of
IheoivaHon will,,o.a: gusto.
1 tl 11 III 1 lore of the
latter than could bede-lred. Gen. Saxton andstafl
spent the morning at the Pope planlation. and attended service al. fhe Baptist Church, which is in
gathered from one to three thousand people, to give
thanks for freedom. Oh, it was a great, day to us all.
The colored people sung their own hymns, and
then joined with teachers and superintendents in
Our country, 'tis cf tl.ee,
.uthouv lliirus, and of the brave deeds ,
liL'ginson in that affair, and brought tears
res of women, and blessings fo the lips of ni
is recital.
He spoke of his noble mother, who died on Thanks-
■■u,r, milled.
\ ) '
ing into disrepi
ivay of preserving the Union, or of maintaining the
mtboiity of the Government, it should be trampled
id. aboliii
~s cabinet, we fin,
table. Of the lat
four who rest under the ban of tbo riro-slaver;
r. McClernaril,
Icmocrals recently, but now abolitionists, accord,
'i' .'ill., i g huh w, find the eniini
ustorian and scholar, George Bancroft, once t
listiuguished representative of a democratic adm
VIEWS OF AS IKTELLIGEHT NEGRO.
Samuel Wilkcson, Fsq., of the Now York Tri
,winTre'n,arbdil<.m.-onv,Vsi.tVmhehl\v'i(i,'an intelli
ent negro on the subject of the slave policy of th
I have talked with many intelligent men of co!o
.„, i.l,is subject. The superior man of all is know,
" n out of his guarded
PeniusZdoXfighl
.;you know too much.'
us, Tom ? "
'■Thev expected to, sir. and all the colored men
>m here to Texas, expected to."
- Why didn'i th.-v?"
' - as well as I. Wc were driven fro.r
aud pretty plainly told thai
" Why don't tbey fight for us, Tom
» You k.K
on didn't want anything to do with us; that
i : . II I
t the end of the war. So we left you to e
lie war as you could, and a pretty p"oor fist ;
lakimjof it, (Oo, .Mr. W.,"sai,lTom, warmi
amestness. "The North can't conquer tin
dthout the help of the slaves. We men c
■ho have communication with each oilier i
II the States, (the leading men, I mean,;
his. We know, too, I hat if the war lasts, one party
r the other party will give us our freedom."
"What is that you say—the slaveholders free
n Ibe Soiilh all Iclfmc so. Our position.'.Mr. W.,
i like that of the San Domingo blacks. They put
I
Generals hi.-!; us away, we will try („ make our „,,r-
1 1 II
■::'■' ■ Pr- hie :' I'
of all the Union
rebel arinlc- w()1,l,i „„.], awav in a week. Every
oliieer and everv private who' had any interest of
any kind in a plantaiimi. or village eve.,, would
Con.iiler u-s armed: ikei.-'iT ,,o use ,ii talkiie.; \l"r'
uid in this Bm;lai,d „
a wilderness. You are ignorant of it, and can t
ibuslied every dav. And il is so bm that, if wit
If a million 'men' you overrun it, if would take
llion men to occupy it. And then, what sort of
e'T'liiriecn Sillies yefus',' ;','! tid'e noiiTl.-al 'actrni
their fin<
got to take ns. /■',.',■ ;>' ,;„„ „■;./, to Itaek out ef this
to conquer or be conquered. I know the slaveholders. Thev went into this war lor power; and if you
don', whip Ihe,,, i„ Virginia and South Carolina,
thev will whip vou in lVnusvlvania and New York,
THE BLACK SOLDIERS OP SOUTH CAROLINA.
an ,.(iic
Id the w
and philanthropy—whil
) whom the world will
sr. whose curled
told Ihe whole story of his
1ielhle,|,a,hm„i"ll
I the crowd of sne
tall, with a finely moulded
y active.' "After showing
ew moments, he addresseS
in but very understandable-.
pected of them as sol-
i the oath, and turning
icVm'ou^ed them all
slave.' As he ■
feeling of enthu
.pruimlmh'it fi
in air. gave .lire
OUR ENGLISH PRIENDS INSTRUCTED.
l l ii 1,1111
„ sAteJ^n^o'rL
enlighten the purblind eye-
that some of you should overlook; though by a
■age here only of tht
^'-J.-'no-pT.t.'. >
n means the case, as ■
en and Christians ;
ons. My uncle, Dr.
"
-l'-
n. The Q
i^luh1
Pe
myl
'lorwa
it of
!-,'
the ranks
in'thiT
,11a:
■ll)
The
-Tnlv's-
"-;.-
wh
of hi
ninsula. The ■!
sa
led lb
Kewbern,
s made
ipv
ry largely ot tli